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Amazon Doesn't Expect Quick Resolution to Hachette Dispute — Contract Disagreement Has Led Amazon to Restrict Sale of Some Hachette Titles — Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday it doesn't expect a quick resolution of a contract dispute with Hachette Book Group that has led to Amazon restricting the sale of some Hachette titles.
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Independent publisher says Amazon levels the playing field, and Hachette is just greedy — WHO'S AFRAID OF AMAZON.COM — On May 24, The New York Times ran a page one story “As Publishers Fight Amazon, Books Vanish.” In their alarmist zeal reporters David Streitfeld and Melissa Eddy conjure …
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Poynter, Business Insider, @susanwisebauer, @pmarca, @ericuman, @baratunde and Bookseller news
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
UCSB newspaper board responds to criticism over non-coverage of killings — The editorial board of the Bottom Line, a student-run newspaper at the University of California at Santa Barbara, has released a statement clarifying — and nearly recanting — a much-commented-upon op-ed regarding …
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JIMROMENESKO.COM, The Bottom Line and Calbuzz
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
The right way to publish a killer's deranged manifesto
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New York Post, @scottleadingham, Washington Post, @mlcalderone and NME
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Kinsley review of Greenwald's book “unworthy” of NYT Book Review; ignored media's constitutional role — Kinsley, Greenwald and Government Secrets — Michael Kinsley's review of Glenn Greenwald's new book, “No Place to Hide” hasn't even appeared in the printed Book Review yet …
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The New York Observer, @aoscott, @moorehn, @roypeterclark, Washington Post, @jayrosen_nyu, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, @dangillmor, @thomas_drake1, @joshuafoust, @dandrezner, @tejucole, @blakehounshell, Freedom of the Press …, @jonahweiner, @froomkin, @tnycloseread, @jpodhoretz, @tomtomorrow, @ggreenwald, Capital New York, Pressing Issues and The Huffington Post
Anne Mortensen / The Independent:
A journalist goes missing nearly every day in Ukraine — It's not just journalists who are being victimised by pro-Russian separatists, but entire newsrooms — The campaign by pro-Russian separatists to muzzle local Ukrainian journalists appears to be succeeding.
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Netflix beats BBC and ITV to “The Crown,” a £100m series on Queen Elizabeth II — Netflix plans £100m epic on the Queen — The Crown, inspired by Peter Morgan play The Audience, will span Queen Elizabeth II's six decades on the throne
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Daily Mail, The New York Observer and Rolling Stone
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Buys Pay-TV Rights to Sony Animated Films
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Home Media Magazine and The Wrap
Andrew Leonard / Salon:
How Disney learned to stop worrying and love copyright infringement — The Monday before the Oscars, Scott Kramer, a digital content producer based in Los Angeles, called his close friend Joshua Elson, a high school choir teacher, with an idea. For months, both their families had been obsessed …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Attorney general, top journalists discuss prosecutors' latitude in leak investigations — What is ordinary about “ordinary newsgathering”? — That question was at the heart of discussions Tuesday between Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and a group of media representatives over rules …
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Poynter, New York Times, USA Today, Politico and Associated Press
Guardian:
Lord Coe ‘approached by government’ for role of BBC Trust chair — David Cameron reported to support appointment as successor to Lord Patten, with Boris Johnson also believed to back move — Lord Coe is understood to have been approached by government officials to be the next chairman of the BBC Trust.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Johnston Press shareholders approve deal to ease £360m debt burden and sell TV ads for Sky — The shareholders of Johnston Press have voted in favour of the company's proposed £360m refinancing package. — The plan, unveiled earlier this month, will see the regional publisher slash …
Discussion:
Prolific North, City A.M. and HoldTheFrontPage
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter and Omnicom Strike $230 Million Mobile Ad Deal — Omnicom Media Group announced a mobile-focused deal with Twitter on Tuesday, worth $230 million over the next two years. — The deal will integrate Omnicom's programmatic ad buying unit Accuen with Twitter's ad exchange MoPub …
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VentureBeat, Electronista, @lum, Reuters, Marketing Land, ClickZ, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Forbes and Re/code
Jon Boone / Guardian:
Geo TV apologizes for saying Pakistan's spy chief plotted to assassinate journalist Hamid Mir — Geo TV owners print front-page apology to Pakistan's ISI spy chief — Move comes in week regulators rule on coverage that include claims Zaheer-ul-Islam behind attempt on life of star journalist
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@aqpk
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Press regulator Ipso names its board — Members of PCC successor's 12-strong panel include pensions expert Ros Altmann and former Times editor Charles Wilson — Pensions expert Ros Altmann is to join the board of press regulator Ipso. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian
Discussion:
Press Gazette and Press Association
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
UK daily newspapers have doubled in price since 2004 and shrunk in size - no wonder sales are down — Every month when the latest set of ABC national newspaper circulation figures are released, journalists across the country heave a collective sigh of despair.
Tracy McVeigh / Guardian:
Women on the frontline: female photojournalists' visions of conflict — Women are coming to the fore in a profession long dominated by men, and telling stories their male counterparts couldn't get. Below, four leading female photographers talk about their work
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NOOR, @tracymcveigh and @alixfazzina
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